Show zane grey author dies D ies suddenly luddeni y millions of lovers of books written by the famed author and writer zane grey will be saddened to learn of his sudden death I 1 in n california monday of this week especially will the readers of t this is part of the country be saddened as some of his better books and stories were written from material and scenes taken from the purple sage of the west he wrote many colorful novels which gained him fame and fortune most of which have been produced many times as motion pictures many of his books such as riders of the purple sage the rainbow trail and the heritage of the desert have become standards of western fiction |